2) Govt Responds to Free Nutritious Meal Rejection in the Papua Highlands
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1) IPMY in NTT supports the action of the Student Alliance throughout Yahukimo to reject MBG
Arga Reysamputra
Last updated: February 5, 2025 1:49 pm
Author: Admin Jubi
Editor: Zely Ariane
Action to reject the free meal program by the Yahukimo Student Alliance on Monday, February 3, 2025-Jubi/Ist
Nabire, Jubi – The Yahukimo Student Association (IPMY) in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) supports the action of the Yahukimo Student Alliance to reject the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program and requests a better allocation of the district government budget to improve the quality of education in Yahukimo.
Quoting the press release of IPMY, the NTT study city received by Jubi, Tuesday (4/2/2025), according to the students, the Free Nutritious Meals program is not an urgent program needed in the world of education.
"We, Yahukimo students in the NTT study city, reject the government's policy of "Free Nutritious Meals". Because in the world of education, free meals are not urgent, but what is more needed is free education," wrote IPMY.
They explained the condition of educational facilities and infrastructure in Yahukimo Regency which needed more attention than the MBG program.
"Yahukimo Regency needs more educational facilities and infrastructure such as computer laboratories, English laboratories, Biology laboratories and school libraries, to the provision of textbooks. We ask the State of Indonesia, through the Yahukimo Regency Government, especially the education office, to immediately prepare basic student needs like this," wrote IPMY.
They reminded that the daily food needs for the people of Yahukimo, especially students, have been available for a long time so there is no need for free meals anymore. "If Papuans or more specifically students are hungry, they will definitely eat at home because more nutritious natural food is available, we just take it from the garden and eat," he continued.
IPMY demands that the Yahukimo Regency Government firmly reject the MBG. "We also appeal to the Yahukimo Regency Government that the money that has been allocated for free lunches, immediately [be diverted to] complete and finance free education in Yahukimo Regency," he said. They also asked the Yahukimo Regency Government to ensure the availability of educators and textbooks, rather than being busy with the Free Nutritious Meals program. (*)
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2) Govt Responds to Free Nutritious Meal Rejection in the Papua Highlands
Reporter Novali Panji Nugroho
February 5, 2025 | 09:20 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection, Arifah Fauzi, responded to the rejection by students in the Papua Highlands region who refused the government's provision of free nutritious meals (MBG) program. According to her, the students may not yet understand President Prabowo Subianto's good intentions in implementing the MBG.
"We will see what the cause is, perhaps they do not yet know (the good intentions)," she said when met after the National Conference of the Nahdlatul Ulama at the Sultan Hotel, Jakarta on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.
She said that the free nutritious meal program initiated by Prabowo Subianto is a form of the head of state's love for future generations. She considered Prabowo's commitment to providing meals for the nation's students as a good intention.
"From the ministry's perspective, we see that free nutritious meals are very much needed by children," said Arifah. "Starting from the time they are in the womb, toddlers, to school age," she continued.
Previously, a video circulated on social media showed the students' actions in the Yakuhimo Regency, Papua Highlands rejecting the MBG. One of them was uploaded by the @K*******9 account on X.
The account writes a group of high school students in uniform could be seen filling the street while carrying posters. They uttered that students do not need free meals, but rather free education.
The MBG program has not yet reached all areas in Papua. The Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), Dadan Hindayana, stated that the uneven distribution of free nutritious meals in Papua is due to the lack of developed infrastructure.
Currently, Dadan claims that the government is working to ensure that students in Papua and Central Papua soon receive the benefits of free nutritious meals. Dadan stated that both regions are among the priorities. The government's efforts to accelerate the achievement of the program's targets are being carried out through the addition of kitchens and cross-sector collaborations.
Dadan targeting around 1.5 million people will enjoy free nutritious meals by mid-February. This follows the plan to add approximately 238 units of nutrition fulfillment service (SPPG) in the same month.
M. Raihan Muzzaki contributed to the writing of this article.
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